Patents by Inventor Yasuhito SHIMBA

Yasuhito SHIMBA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Contact roller
    Patent number: 11479430
    Abstract: A contact roller according to one embodiment includes a cylindrical rubber roll main body, two spiral groove groups provided in a surface of the rubber roll main body, spiral rubber layers which is provided in the groove groups and hardness of which is lower than the rubber roll main body, and a surface rubber layer which covers a surface of the rubber roll main body and hardness of which is lower than that of the rubber roll main body. Nip pressure of the surface rubber layer corresponding to the rubber roll main body is higher than that of the surface rubber layer corresponding to the spiral rubber layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: KOBAYASHI ENGINEERING WORKS, LTD., KINYOSHA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhito Shimba, Satoshi Nishioka
  • CONTACT ROLLER
    Publication number: 20200122947
    Abstract: A contact roller according to one embodiment includes a cylindrical rubber roll main body, two spiral groove groups provided in a surface of the rubber roll main body, spiral rubber layers which is provided in the groove groups and hardness of which is lower than the rubber roll main body, and a surface rubber layer which covers a surface of the rubber roll main body and hardness of which is lower than that of the rubber roll main body. Nip pressure of the surface rubber layer corresponding to the rubber roll main body is higher than that of the surface rubber layer corresponding to the spiral rubber layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicants: Kobayashi Engineering Works, Ltd., Kinyosha Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhito SHIMBA, Satoshi NISHIOKA